noun · feminine

hagneias

Greekἁγνεία (hagneia)

Strong’sG47

purity, chastity

stem hagnei-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

purity2×

What it means

ἁγνεία (WH, ἁγνία),

[in LXX for טָהֳרָה, נָזִיר, נֶזֶר, etc.;]

purity: I Ti 4:12, 5:2 (Cremer, 58. For exx. of ceremonial use in π., v. MM, Exp., iv).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G47 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhag-ni'-ah

cleanliness (the quality), i.e. (specially) chastity

Fromfrom G53;

King Jamespurity.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	hagneias	hagneiais
object accusative	hagneian	hagneiain
direct address vocative	hagneiar	hagneiair
of, belonging to genitive	hagneiau	hagneiaiu
to, for dative	hagneia2×ἁγνείᾳ	hagneiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hagneistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hagneia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

hagneia“purity”to, fordative singular2×

1 Timothy 4:12“purity”mēdenos su tau neotau katafronatōr, alla tupos ginesōr toiu pistoiu en logo, en anastrofa, en agapa, en pistia, en hagneia.Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 5:2“purity”presbuterain hōs mētērain, neoterain hōs adelfain en panta hagneia.older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.